lakshmanancv

Education

Ph. D., in Agricultural Microbiology (2002) - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Post Doctoral Training in Nano particles in Environmental Remediation at Monterry Tech, Mexico (2007) and in Hydrological modeling at Texas A &M University, Texas, USA (2010)

Awards Reecieved

· Prof.Dr.S.Kannaiyan Gold Medal for Best Ph.D thesis in Microbiology (2003)

· Surendran Gold Medal for Best Ph.D Student in Microbiology (2003)

· Prof G. Rangaswami Gold Medal for Best M.Sc student in Microbiolgy (1995)

· Dr. Selman A. Waksman Gold Medal for Best M.Sc Thesis in Microbiology (1995)

· All India Second Rank in the National Eligibility test for Lecturer ship conducted by ASRB, Govt of India (1995)

Research projects being handled

• • ClimaAdapt: Adaptation to climate change: An integrated science-stakeholder approach to develop Adaptation framework for Water and Agriculture sectors in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states of India (RICE)-Sponsored by Ministry of foreign Affairs, Norway.

  • Integrated Assessment of climate change impacts on principal crops and farm household incomes in southern India (RICE &MAIZE)- Sponsored by AgMIP (DFID, USDA), Through ICRISAT

  • Can Seasonal climate forecasts improve food security in Indian ocean rim Countries in a variable and changing climate? (RICE & MAIZE)- Sponsored by CSIRO, Australia

  • Climate Change: Assessing impacts and developing adaptation strategies for Agriculture in Tamil Nadu - Sponsored by DST.

Important Publications: (National * International**)

• 1. ** Lakshmanan, A., S. Anthoni Raj and A.Abdul Kareem. 1993. Biofertilizers enhance DOC in water. Intl. Rice Res. Notes 18(4) : 27 – 28.

  2. ** Lakshmanan, A., S. Anthoni Raj and A.Abdul Kareem. 1994. Biofertilizers enchance dissolved oxygen content in water. Crop Res., 8(2) : 283 – 286.

  3. * Lakshmanan, A., S. Anthoni Raj and A. Abdul Kareem. 1995. Suitability of Nesslers method for the estimation of ammonia in flood water. Madras Agric. J., 82(5) : 406 – 407.

  4. * Lakshmanan, A., S. Anthoni Raj and A. Abdul Kareem. 1997. Ammonia excretion by Azolla in dual cropping. Madras Agric. J., 84(9) : 552 – 554.

  5. ** Ramamoorthy, K., M. Mohan, N. Natarajan and A. Lakshmanan. 1999. Seed bio-fortification with Azospirillum for improvement of seeding vigour in rice. Advances in Pt. Sci., 12 (1) :315-16

  6. ** Ramamoorthy, K., N. Natarajan and A. Lakshmanan. Seed biofortification with Azospirillium for improvement of seedling vigour in rice. Seed Sci. and Tech.,

  7. * Kumar, K., A. Lakshmanan and S. Kannaiyan. 2003. Bioregulatory and therapeutic effects of blue green algae. Indian J. Microbiol., 43 (1) : 9 – 16.

  8. * Lakshmanan, A. and K. Kumar. 2003. Nucleic acid studies in the phylogenies and strain identification of cyanobacterial taxa. Madras Agric. J. 90 (10 – 12) : 579 – 588.

  9. * Mallika, K., J. Prabakaran and A. Lakshmanan. 2003. Influences of distillery spent wash application on the microbial population dynamics and enzyme activity of maize soil. Madras Agric. J. 90 (10 – 12) : 589 – 595.

  10. ** Lakshmanan, A., K.Govindarajan and K. Kumar. 2004. Effect of seed treatment with native diazatrophs on the seedling parameters of Senna and Ashwagandha. Crop Res. 30 (1).

11. **Parameswari, E., A.Lakshmanan and T.Thilagavathi. 2010. Bacterial biosorption an alternative treatment option for heavy metal bearing waterwater. Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental sciences, 12(3): (Accepted for publication).

• 1. **Parameswari, E., A.Lakshmanan and T.Thilagavathi. 2009. Toxicity of hexavalent chromium and its reduction by bacteria. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 3(2): 1363-1368.

  2. **Parameswari, E., A.Lakshmanan and T.Thilagavathi. 2009. Biosorption of heavy metals using bacterial strains isolated from urban sewage contaminated sites. Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food chemistry, 8(3):150-156.

  3. **Lakshmanan, A., K.Kumar, M.Thirunavukkarasu, R.Balagopal, M.Kanimozhi and E.Parameswari. 2010. Azolla - A potential green feed to poultry birds. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. (Accepted for publication).

15. *Parameswari, E., A. Lakshmanan and T. Thilagavathi. 2009. Effect of pretreatment of blue green algal biomass on bioadsorption of chromium and nickel. Journal of Algal biomass utilization, 1(1): 9-17.

• 1. *Parameswari, E., A.Lakshmanan and T.Thilagavathi. 2007. Effect of pretreatment of fungal biomass on the bioadsorption of heavy metals. Indian Journal of Environmental Research, 19(2): 80-85.

17. *Parameswari, E., A.Lakshmanan and T.Thilagavathi. 2007. Blue green algal systems for bioscavenging of heavy metals. Indian Journal of Environmental Research, 19(2): 94-100.

• 1. *Mallika, K and A. Lakshmanan. 2004. Eco-friendly utilization of biocolours. In Bio Technological Applications in Environmental Management. (Ed) Trivedy, R.K, Y.C.Publications, Karad.

  2. *Kumar, K. and A.Lakshmanan. 2003. Identification of cyanobacterial strains by rep-PCR using tandem repeat primers. In : Biofertilizer technology for rice based cropping system, TNAU, Coimbatore. P. 91.

  3. Lakshmanan, A. and K. Kumar. 2003. Generation of specific antibiodies for cyanobacterial proteins using White Leghorn chicken and ELISA based serological technique for quality testing. In : Biofertilizer technology for rice based cropping sytem. 97.

  4. *Kumar, K., A. Lakshmanan and B. Jeberlin Prabina. 2003. Isolation of Azorhizobium caulinodans from the nodules of Sesbania rostrata In : Microbial inoculant technology, TNAU, Coimbatore. P. 42.

  5. *Lakshmanan, A., K. Kumar and B.Jeberlin Prabina. 2003. Molecular techniques for quality testing of biofertilizes. In : Microbial incoulant technology, TNAU, Coimbatore. P. 102 – 106.

  6. *Lakshmanan, A. and N.O. Gopal. 1996. Effect of distillery effluent irrigation on the microbial population dynamics of sugarcane soil. In : Use of Sugar and industrial wastes in Agriculture, AC&RI, Trichy, India. Pp. 51 – 57.

  7. *Lakshmanan, A. and N.O.Gopal. 1996. Impact of treated distillery effluent on the germination and vigour index of crop plants. In : Use of Sugar Industrial Wastes in Agriculture, AC&RI, Trichy, TN, India, pp. 58 – 61.

  8. *Lakshmanan, A. 2005. Bio-regulatory and Therapeutic effects of Blue green algae. In : National seminar on Microbial Technology, GRD College of Science, Coimbatore.